About James Yeowart

James joined the firm of Syfret Godlonton & Low on 1 November 1965 as a candidate attorney. He was admitted as an attorney on 21 January 1970 and as a notary on 24 March 1971.

In 1971 James became a partner of Syfret Godlonton & Low and subsequently a director of Syfret Godlonton-Fuller Moore Inc until he commenced practicing for his own account on 1 December 1990.

Throughout his career James has practiced exclusively in the fields of deceased estates, trusts, wills and curatorship estates.

From 1979 to 1992 James was a member of the Association of Law Societies' Standing Committee on Deceased Estates, serving as chairman from 1987 to 1989. From 1983 to 1989 he was an examiner (Estates & Bookkeeping) for the attorneys' admission examination. In the mid-1980's he was also an examiner for the Doctoral Thesis Board of the University of Cape Town.